"If I am the devil, who are you?" Jiang Tian said indifferently: "A sacrifice to the devil, or a degenerate indulged in the devil's methods? Besides, Paulina is not a weak lamb. , she is a leader with great potential. Perhaps, she will also become the key to changing the destiny of most people in this country and ending all these wars."
"Isn't this what you are doing right now?" Marlena couldn't help but suddenly stopped her body movements, and then continued: "Why do you have such high hopes and expectations for her, and so firmly believe that, She must be the key you are expecting?"
"There is no reason, it's just a personal feeling." Jiang Tian felt the heavy softness on the back of his neck and couldn't help but spread his hands and smiled: "It seems that one of the main reasons why I came to this world is to bring her to life. Send me to the top...just think of it as my wishful thinking."
"Then, do you have any other reasons?" Marlena asked casually: However, at this moment, Jiang Tian felt Chi Chi's heartbeat speeding up and his breathing faintly disordered, and he said slowly: "Of course, Madam, The secret behind you! Like the fragrant and fragrant wine..."
Well, as the prompt pops up on the vision interface; the progress of the "Doll's House" task has also increased. The relationship changes with the woman's mood, and she can actually achieve the task progress! It's just that for a straight man like Jiang Tian, who mainly relies on kidney transplants, this thing is too difficult to figure out.
Could it be that in this time and space, this half-baked auxiliary system has actually changed its nature and directly turned into a development game like a beautiful girl's dream factory? Or it is using the guise of internal competition for hegemony within the country to advance the process together by increasing the favorability and the evil degree. Little butter mission?
Of course, for someone like Malena, who has been taught and trained for a long time but has not had time to use it; the wonderful fruit that is ripe all over her body, the best way to influence her subtly, shouldn't she cry and beg? , are you going to die if you keep saying words that are offensive and upright?
But from outside, Andrew, who was in charge of the clerical and communication agency, gently knocked on the door and announced: "Sir, at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Avignon, Priest Stephen requested a visit; and he hopes to report to you about the church's property management and what's more. Matters concerning supplementary ordination to the priesthood..."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for sending troops to protect the Lord's sanctuary, and to expel and severely punish the lawless people who infringe on the holy things." The white-haired priest Stephen described charity, and the elbows under his cassocks still had traces of regular work. He was so calloused that he put on a tall hat when we met:
"Then what? When I do all this, I do not target churches or monasteries alone, but any law-abiding place under the rule of the Free Army should be safe and protected." Jiang Tianran said: "This is as a rule. It’s the basic requirement of the person, so there’s no need to flatter me.”
"Well, you are indeed a man of noble moral character and full of honor." After hearing this, Priest Stephen said slowly: "But I don't know, sir, how much do you think about the church in Avignon today, or in Pros? How does Wang Diocese view it..."
"To be honest, my understanding of you is limited; therefore, this issue depends on the basic attitude and position of the church." Jiang Tian nodded slightly when he heard this: "For example, if the church dares to protect and hide the remnants of the royal party, that is our Enemies, objects of outlawing and confiscation.”
"If today's church only abides by its duties and can abide by the regulations of the Free Army, advocate and encourage some traditional public order and good customs." Jiang Tian continued: "Then I will also allow the church to maintain the status quo and provide considerable convenience, but It does not include looking back at things from the past.”
"Don't look back on the past and just maintain the status quo?" When the white-haired priest Stephen heard this, he seemed a little disappointed, but he had no unnecessary emotions: "Then can you please ask the chief to attend the Holy Election held at the Notre Dame Church on Wednesday? Ceremony, and as a present witness..."
In the past, the Free Army fought in various places and never established itself in one place for a long time, so this problem was not very obvious. But after the Free Army settled down and established its base area and scope of rule, it had to face the prevalent religious and belief issues of this era.
In other words, it is something that most people in this era have to face to some extent. Although the church in this time and space on the east and west continents has actually split into several camps and factions. The most influential among them are the four major sects/camps in the North, West, Central and East.
These include the Northern Holy See (North Sea Sect), which spreads among the Norman countries and Germanic princes; the Roman Catholic Church (Universal Sect) with the Western Empire as its core, and the only Orthodox Church (Junior Sect) with the Eastern Empire as its basic base; and Eastern Orthodoxy in Jerusalem (Al-Quds sect).
In addition to these four major church camps, there are several de facto independent factions: such as the Holy Kingdom of Britannia established with the armed military order--the Knights of the Holy Thorn as the core; In addition, the founder Saint Laurent is also worshiped as the last apostle.
For example: the Armenian Presbyterian Church, which claims to be earlier than the Roman Empire and established Christianity as the state religion; for example: the Aksumite Order, which is claimed to be the oldest Christian sect; and the Colput Church in Upper Egypt; the long-term rule of the Arabian Dynasty The Assyrian Church/Josephian sect.
Another example is the heresy that is popular in North Africa and southern Italy, advocating that Jesus is inferior to the Father and opposing the church's possession of a large amount of wealth; the heresy - Arianism, which was jointly banned by the Eastern and Western empires. The Church of the Poor/Pauline Church, which once initiated the iconoclasm movement in Eastern Rome...
This complex situation has allowed those ancient local pagan beliefs that had been suppressed and integrated to resurrect in the cracks; they even changed their appearance and continued to be active in some remote and remote areas under the cover of local churches or underground associations. zone of opportunity.
However, although the church in this time and space did not gain an overwhelming advantage on the mainland because of the division, it did not monopolize the inheritance of knowledge and the right to secular interpretation. The impact goes deeper.
"I Have a Picture Book of Ghosts and Gods"
In other words, although the middle and upper classes lack awe to some extent and regard it as a tool to assist rule; the influence and presence of ordinary people in the middle and lower classes have not diminished much. From birth baptism, to marriage blessing, daily worship, to death mass.
He is involved in almost every aspect of birth, old age, illness and death, as well as every aspect of social production and life. Therefore, among the Free Army, there were also priests, priests, deacons and other low-level priests who defected halfway; they were unable to remain immune to the turmoil of the times.
Previously, the mainstream faith in the Kingdom of Sealand was the Universalist (Holy See), which also belonged to the Western Empire and the Holy Kingdom; then there were some Arian sects and other small localized sects with pagan traditions that remained in the local area. But the royal family supported the mainstream suppression and ban.
This formed a pyramid structure of capital, province, county, city, township/diocese; the kingdom's clergy group was between 70,000 and 80,000, but among them there were only more than 600 high-level archbishops and bishops; almost all of them were from royal aristocrats. The descendants and their associates have long-term monopoly and control.
The remaining tens of thousands of lower-level clergy came from the townspeople, poor people, and rich peasant groups. Although the lowest level of the priesthood can be obtained by serving monasteries and churches from an early age and graduating from church schools. But it can almost only be limited to the chief priests in villages and towns, or the assistant priests in cities.
But all this was shattered by the series of events brought about by the May storm. First, the liberals/Capital Commune, who forced the deposed king to abdicate, ordered a large number of church properties to be inspected and auctioned in various places to cope with the devaluation of the currency and the empty treasury, and filled the treasury of the new regime.
Then there was the Republican National Convention/Charter government; tens of thousands of clergy, including priests and nuns, were ordered across the country to swear allegiance to the country and people represented by the new government, rather than to the king/royal family and the kingdom it led. . The result was an ongoing schism.
Only a small number of the clergy re-swore their oaths to the new government of the kingdom; they broke away from the past. Most of the church's top officials fled abroad and even joined the ranks of the royalists; they participated in the old aristocracy's counterattack on the capital.
Coupled with the invasion of foreign enemies, the clergy who originally refused to take the oath were once again divided. Therefore, the current church organization in the Kingdom is also in a state of fragmentation. The weakening of secular influence has also made it easier for the Free Army to reorganize the situation.
For example, many priests from villages and towns wherever the Free Army passed over turned to the defenders of order without any hindrance. Therefore, after this meeting, which was full of mutual testing, Jiang Tian immediately ordered: "Come here, please come over to Father Lacha."
Among the lower-level priests, they are divided into white priests who serve the secular world and black priests who remain loyal to the Lord for life; only black priests can be promoted to a higher class and hold the priesthood above the local bishop; therefore, in the Free Army, Priests are mainly white priests who can get married.
However, there are a few exceptions; the life-long priest, Father Latsa, was actually a sworn republican; he even raised a rebel army, broke into several aristocratic manors, and hanged the slaves. Steward to all male members including the master.
In other words, because of some encounters and experiences in his early years, he was exiled to a remote village in disguise, and became one of the few outliers among the church's lower-level clergy who were bitter, hateful, cynical, and radical in style and behavior. .
Therefore, when he surrendered to the Free Army, Jiang Tian also gave him an extra choice. Either give up the oath-keeping black priesthood, join the Free Army and become an officer, or a local administrative official; or continue to provide religious services as a priest.
Then, Father Lacha did not hesitate to choose the latter, and therefore became one of the few priests accompanying the army in the Free Army. Lead a group of specially selected clergy to promote the ideas and ideas of the Free Army while traveling around the country to preach.
